Comparison of two approaches for downscaling synoptic atmospheric patterns to multisite precipitation occurrence

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 14, 2004, Pages

  Mehrotra, R ^a,b   Sharma, Ashish ^a   Cordery, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Climate change; Downscaling; Multisite rainfall

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; DOWNSCALING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

EID: 5444271672     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD004823     Document Type: Article

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